JUSTICE Is SERVED (Food Truck 7) (9 page)
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Authors: Chloe Kendrick
Two days later, I opened the door to find Land standing there. He was a bit thinner than he’d been before and his skin had an ashen pallor that hadn’t been there before, but overall, he didn’t look the worse for wear.
I didn’t bother with any kind of greetings. I threw my arms around him and hugged him as tightly as I could. He paused for a second and then slid his arms around me as well. I could feel every inch of him against me, and I cherished every second of that moment.
After Danvers had called Green, she’d scheduled a new interview with Jason, who had promptly fingered Christie for the crime. The pair had been having an affair for nearly a year, and they’d deflected any suspicion by accusing David of being the philanderer. No one had suspected them at all.
When questioned, Christie had broken down and confessed everything to the police. She’d admitted to bringing some poison that Jason had kept in his studio. Apparently, Jason used cyanide as part of his sculpting process, and he noticed some was missing after the wedding. However, suspecting Christie, he’d not said a word about it to the police.
Green had dropped the case, and Land was released. His lawyer had called and informed me of that development last night. I wasn’t given any details about his release, but I’d waited on pins and needles. I was the type who wouldn’t believe it until I saw it.
I did see the paperwork that the civil case against the food truck was dropped. The confession from Christie destroyed her case for suing me. Life was almost back to normal now that I was holding Land next to me.
Land finally broke away from me and gave me a big smile. “Thank you. I don’t know what I would have done without you.”
“You’d have done the same for me,” I replied, knowing he would have.
He nodded. “In a heartbeat, I would.”
Before I could say anything else, he slipped into a routine conversation about the food trucks, business, and what was happening in the outside world. I waited for a break, wondering if he would say anything about the disaster in his house or the prying family, but he didn’t mention them.
Finally, he looked at me again. “Maeve, there’s something I want to ask you. Something important.”
~ To be continued ~
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